User's Manual

EnRoute50x/51x User’s Guide
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All the nodes in a mesh cluster need to be configured to use the same 802.11a channel.
CLI
The mesh radio channel is set with the „channel‟ parameter in the „mesh‟ interface as shown in
the example below.
> use mesh0
mesh0> set channel=157
Web GUI
The mesh radio channel can be set via the web interface using the “Mesh” tab on the “Wireless
Interfaces” page (see Figure 27).
7.2 Service Set Identifier (SSID)
The Service Set Identifier, or SSID, is used in 802.11 communication to identify a particular
network. It differentiates logical networks that operate on the same radio channel. The mesh
radio SSID for all the nodes in a mesh cluster must be the same. If you have adjacent mesh
clusters where one or more nodes from each cluster are within communication range of each
other, the SSID for the clusters must be different.
The SSID value must be a text string that has a maximum length of 32 characters. It must only
contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, dashes (“-“), and underscores (“_”). The SSID
setting is case sensitive.
It is possible to hide the mesh SSID by restricting it from being broadcast. You will generally
want the mesh SSID to be hidden, and it is hidden by default.
CLI
The mesh radio SSID is set as shown in the example below. When setting an ESSID that
contains spaces, the SSID value must be enclosed by quotes. The quotes are optional
otherwise.
> use mesh0
mesh0> set essid=”enroute500_mesh”
The broadcast of the SSID can be controlled with the „hide_essid‟ parameter in the „mesh0‟
interface. The example below shows how hiding of the SSID can be enabled.
> use mesh0
mesh0> set hide_essid=yes